Daisy Ridley responds to Ted Cruz's defence of Gina Carano amid 'Mandalorian' controversy

Daisy Ridley responds to Senator Ted Cruz's defence of Gina Carano after Lucasfilm fires her for offensive social media posts.

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KEVIN POLOWY: In defending, I guess, his favorite Star Wars actor Gina Carano recently, Texas Senator Ted Cruz seemed to take a shot at Rey--

DAISY RIDLEY: Did he?

KEVIN POLOWY: --saying Gina's character-- He was-- Yeah. He said she was not some, quote, unquote, emotionally tortured Jedi.

DAISY RIDLEY: Hilarious.

KEVIN POLOWY: I was going to ask you if you had any response to that but apparently you did not see that.

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DAISY RIDLEY: I did not know and I'm very happy to be an emotionally tortured Jedi who doesn't leave their state when it's having a terrible time.

KEVIN POLOWY: Speaking of chaos walking.

DAISY RIDLEY: Yes.

KEVIN POLOWY: Those pictures of him coming back from the airport.

DAISY RIDLEY: From Cancun or whatever. Yeah.

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